LibGuides: Toys: Made in Minnesota: Secondary Sources: Books & Articles

Articles

"Made in Dakota County : A Look at Products, Yesterday and Today: "PinPoint: Schaper Toy Co."

Article in Over the Years: A Publication of the Dakota County Historical Society, vol. 32, no. 6 (May 1992), p. 18.

A brief description of the Schaper Toy Company (Cootie Game) and its factory in Lakeville's Airlake Industrial Park.

MNHS call number: F612.D22 O9 v.32:1

Toys of the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s, by Kate Roberts and Adam Scher.

St. Paul, Minn. : Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2014.

MNHS call number: , also available for purchase.

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